Wadsworth Family Genealogy
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1. William Wadsworth - was born about 1570.
William married Elizabeth. Elizabeth was born about 1570.
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i.  William Wadsworth was born on 26 Feb 1593/1594 in Cambridge, England and died in 1674/1675 in Hartford, Ct. . See #2. below.
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2. William Wadsworth - was born on 26 Feb 1593/1594 in Cambridge, England and died in 1674/1675 in Hartford, Ct. . He was the son of William Wadsworth.
William married Elizabeth Stone. Elizabeth was born on 2 Oct 1621 in Long Buckley,N.Hampshire,England. She was the daughter of John Stone and Sarah Rogers. She died in 1681/1682 in CT .

William - Arrived at Cambridge, MA 1632 in 'Lion' from London with four children. Freeman Nov. 6, 1632, moving to Hartford, CT 1636. His name appears on Hartford's Founders Monument.
 
Townsman in Hartford 1642, 1655, 1661, 1673; constable 1651. Will dated May 16, 1675, and estate inventoried Oct. 18, 1675 at £1677.13.9. (Sources: - 1)
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i.  Capt. Joseph Wadsworth was born in 1647 in Hartford, Ct. and died in 1729/1730 in Hartford, Ct. . See #3. below.
Image of Hartford Ct. Founder's Monument

Hartford Ct. Founder's Monument



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3. Capt. Joseph Wadsworth - was born in 1647 in Hartford, Ct. and died in 1729/1730 in Hartford, Ct. . He was the son of William Wadsworth and Elizabeth Stone.
Capt. Joseph married Elizabeth Talcott. Elizabeth was born on 21 Feb 1656 in Hartford, Ct.. She was the daughter of Lt. Col. John Talcott and Helena Wakeman. She died on 26 Oct 1710 in Hartford, Ct. . (Sources: - 1)

Capt. Joseph - Lucius Barnes Barbour writes that Joseph was The Hero of the Charter - a man of prominence, and some turbulence of character."
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i.  Ichabod Wadsworth was born in 1688 in Hartford, Ct. and died on 5 May 1778 in Hartford, Ct. . See #4. below.
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4. Ichabod Wadsworth - was born in 1688 in Hartford, Ct. and died on 5 May 1778 in Hartford, Ct. . He was the son of Capt. Joseph Wadsworth and Elizabeth Talcott.
Ichabod married Sarah Smith. She is the daughter of Arthur Smith.

Ichabod - A Part of the Early Marriages, Births, and Baptisms, in Hartford, Ct., from Record. Wadsworth Ichabod, m. Sarah Smith, Dec. 21, 1720.
 
Catalogue of the Names of the First Puritan Settlers of Connecticut. (Continued.) Hon. William Wadsworth's Family, of Hartford, 1636. Wadsworth, Ichabod, son of Capt. Joseph, sen'r., and grandson of William, sen'r., of Hartford, m. Sarah Smith, Dec. 21, 1720. He had children, Elisha b. Sept. 21, 1721; Elihu, Hezekiah and a daughter, who m. William Whiting, of W. Hartford; another daughter m. Richard Goodman, of W. Hartford, the father of Richard late deceased.
 
Catalogue of the Names of the First Puritan Settlers of Connecticut. (Continued.) Hon. William Wadsworth's Family, of Hartford, 1636. Hezekiah, son of Ichabod, m. Miss Seymour, of Hartford, and had sons, Jonathan and Hezekiah, and a daughter, who m. Moses Filley, of Windsor. Hezekiah d. in New York during the war of the Revolution, about 1776. The 60 acres of wood land west of mill river, near the Simsbury road from Hartford, given by Capt. Joseph to his son Ichabod, yet remains in the Wadsworth family. Ichabod d. May 5, 1778, aged about 90 years, and is now distinctly recollected by Mr. Jonathan Olcott, of Hartford, who is 90 years old.
Children: (Quick Family Chart)
i.  Mary Wadsworth was born on 7 Aug 1720 in Hartford, Ct..
Mary married William Whiting. William was born on 12 Oct 1736 in Hartford, Ct.. He was the son of Col. John Whiting and Jerusha Lord. He died on 20 Oct 1775 in Hartford, Ct. .
See Whiting family for children.
Sources:
1 Ancestors of Kenneth D. Jenson Jennifer W. Jensen www.gencircles.com/users.jengen

Last change (on this page): Friday, August 06, 2004
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